Improvement in bootees



J. F. EMERSON. Bootee.

No. 220,710. Patented Oct. 21, I879.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JAMES F. EMERSON, OF WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

lM PROVEMENT IN BOOTE ES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,710, dated October21, 1879; application filed September 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. EMERSON, of Wakefield, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Bootee,of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a perspectiveview, of my improved bootee; and Figs. 3 and 4 are patterns of the twopieces, which are characteristic of my invention. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 showthese pieces integral with other parts of the leg.

The object of my invention is to do away with the bagginess around theankle formed in most bootees, and tomake an article which can be readilyput onto and taken off of a foot it will fit, and yet reach well up theleg, give the appearance when in use of a boot, and fit snugly aroundthe ankle.

Instead of the usual side seams, my bootee is left open on one side, asshown in the drawings, the rear portion of the part marked A and thefront portion of the part marked B being out as shown in the drawings,thus admitting of the buttons being placed so as to form a curve whichbegins below and runs upward back of the ankle-bone. It is this whichconstitutes the distinguishing characteristic of my invention, this modeof forming the parts A and B causing the buttons or other fastenings tolie in ahollow, as the outer surface of the bootee when on the footslopes inward along a line from the ankle-bone to any one of thebuttons. Owing to this the buttons are best put on in my bootee thereverse of the usual way-that is, on the right of the bootee for theleft foot, as shown clearly in the drawings, (which show abootee for theleft foot,)

and on the left of the bootee for the right foot, thus bringing thebuttons on the right side of the left foot and left side of the rightfoot when the bootee is worn. This renders my bootee especiallydesirable for corp ulent persons, who find it very difficult to usefastenings on the right side of the right foot and left sideof the leftfoot, or at the front of the foot.

The construction of the other parts of my bootee are plain from thedrawings, and need not be described, as they embrace nothing new. Itwill also be understood by all skilled in the art that the part A may bejoined by a seam or be in one piece with the remainder of the ankle partof the bootee, and so of the part B.

When a heel-seam is used Fig. 3 shows the whole of part B, and when afront seam is used Fig. 4 shows the whole of part A.

Figs. 5 and 6 show parts A and B cut so as to obviate the necessity ofboth front and heel seams, and Fig. 7 shows parts A and B cut in onepiece, so as to form the ankle part with out front, side, or heel seam.

In Figs. 5 and 7 the part A is slit, as shown in dotted lines, and thepart a of the front 0 is inserted in this slit, opened for that purpose.This does away with the need of crimpmg.

What I claim as my invention is- The improved bootee above described,havin g the two parts A and B in the leg cut and fastened together asdescribed, the line of fastenin gs extcndin g below and back of theanklebone.

JAMES F. EMERSON.

Witnesses J. E. MAYNADIER, GEORGE 0. G. OoALE.

